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Using the military to quash protests can erode democracy – as Latin America well knows

  • Written by Kristina Mani, Associate Professor of Politics and Chair of Latin American Studies, Oberlin College and Conservatory
imageA Chilean soldier stands guard at a ransacked supermarket in Santiago, October 2019.Marcelo Hernandez/Getty Images

President Donald Trump on June 7 withdrew National Guard troops from Washington, D.C., but his threat to “deploy the United States military and quickly solve the problem” of civil unrest following the police killing of...

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Unicorn Riot’s protest coverage recalls long history of grassroots video production

  • Written by Errol Salamon, Postdoctoral Teaching Associate in Journalism, University of Minnesota
imageA Unicorn Riot videographer films an interview on the streets of Minneapolis on May 29, 2020.Stephen Maturen/Getty Images

On-the-ground views of the protests sweeping the country are vital for understanding who is protesting and why. Mainstream news media coverage and individuals’ social media posts only go so far – and can focus on...

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19 facts about the 19th Amendment on its 100th anniversary

  • Written by Dianne Bystrom, Former Director of the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics, Iowa State University
imageWomen portraying suffragettes walk with the Pasadena Celebrates 2020 float at the 131st Rose Parade in Pasadena, California, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020. AP Photo/Michael Owen Baker

One hundred years ago, the 19th Amendment enfranchised millions of women across the United States following a seven-decade campaign. The struggle to expand voting rights to...

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Fear of needles could be a hurdle to COVID-19 vaccination, but here are ways to overcome it

  • Written by Amy Baxter, Clinical Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Augusta University
imageThe widespread fear of needles is a public health problem, particularly in the time of COVID-19.Getty Images / Sean Gallup

As progress continues toward finding a vaccine that prevents COVID-19, millions of Americans are frightened at even the notion of getting a shot: Studies suggest 63% of young adults – those born in 2000 or later –...

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Star player who expressed interest in going to an HBCU may shake up how athletes select a college

  • Written by Jasmine Harris, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Ursinus College
imageMikey Williams dribbles through a crowd during the Pangos All-American Camp on June 2, 2019 at Cerritos College in Norwalk, CA. Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

Mikey Williams, one of the nation’s best 15-year-old basketball players, sent shockwaves through the sports world when he tweeted that he might go to a historically...

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Vibrators had a long history as medical quackery before feminists rebranded them as sex toys

  • Written by Kim Adams, Postdoctoral Lecturer in English, New York University
imageA 1930s vibrator was just another household appliance.Fiona Hanson/PA Images via Getty Images)

In the contemporary moment of sex-positive feminism, praises for the orgasmic capacity of the vibrator abound. “They’re all-encompassing, a blanket of electricity, that’ll course through your veins, producing orgasms you didn’t...

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2020 uprisings, unprecedented in scope, join a long river of struggle in America

  • Written by Matthew Countryman, Chair, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, Associate Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies, History and American Culture, University of Michigan
imageProtesters filled the newly named Black Lives Plaza, near the White House, on June 6, 2020 in Washington, DC. Win McNamee/Getty Images

The river was the metaphor that best captured “the long, continuous movement” of the black freedom struggle for theologian, historian and civil rights activist Vincent Harding. Harding, who had served...

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The good-guy image police present to students often clashes with students' reality

  • Written by F. Chris Curran, Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy, University of Florida
imageFor police officers, building trust is a key part of their job. UpperCut via Getty Images

Eight days after George Floyd was killed during an encounter with Minneapolis police in an incident that sparked protests around the world, Minneapolis Public Schools terminated its contract for the Minneapolis police to provide officers in schools.

“I...

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Video: A place for people to pray and birds to sing

  • Written by Anurag Papolu, Multimedia Editor
imageA bird house on an exterior wall of the Yeni Valide mosque in Istanbul.Christiane Gruber / Anurag Papolu, CC BY-ND

“At the very core, the mosque is the sacred place of Islam. It is where men and women and children go to pray,” says University of Michigan art history professor Christiane Gruber. But, according to her research on bird...

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Trump's use of religion follows playbook of authoritarian-leaning leaders the world over

  • Written by Laura R. Olson, Professor of Political Science, Clemson University
imageDonald Trump poses with Bible at a moment of national crisis.Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images

It was a striking moment: Donald Trump, Bible in hand, posing for photos in an apparent moment of political theater made possible by the dispersal of protesters through the use of tear gas.

The president’s visit to St. John’s Episcopal...

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